Our company just started using Asana. I do most of my work from my iPad when I am on the road. I often do NOT want to use the iPad Asana App because it is not fully featured. How do I access my Asana acount via my Safari browser from my iPad? Every time I try, it insists on directing me to the App.

I figured it out. You have to delete the Asana App from your iPad then make sure you avoid using the Safari browser. I downloaded a Firefox Browser, went to the Asana website and when it tried to redirect me to the deleted App I used the menu bar in the upper right to request the desktop site. Bingo, it worked fine and gave access to all the featuers.

Due to the nature of touch devices and the way interaction is done on websites, though, the web app is kinda frustrating to use for checking off tasks and such. Thankfully, I can spend most of my time on my laptop and in the iPhone app to get things done.

I think the iOS app works really well for what it’s designed for. I use it often when on the go. I get notifications just like Whatsapp and it works well for me. Of course it’s not as fully featured that the desktop app and there’s room for improvement. But it’s not designed to be a desktop replacement. In the rare cases when I need some feature not on iOS, I can just pop into the desktop version (Thanks @Joe_Thomas) and do my thing. In fact, if you have an iPad Pro, with a lot of real estate, you could well work on the desktop version all the time.
The Asana Dev team is constantly improving the app. Let’s see how they make the iOS app even better in the future.

We’re new to Asana and are evaluating it as we consider a switch from Basecamp 2. I’m writing from my iOS 11 iPad mini and have to say that I’m very disappointed by the lack of functionality in the Asana app, especially when compared to Basecamp 2.

What if I need to update progress on a project from the road? I just logged into the Asana via my browser using the steps outlined here in order to do that as the app was useless.

Perhaps the iOS 11 app is an improvement - I didn’t see the previous version - but it’s still got a long way to go from what I can tell.